The teaching strategies in this course will be based on:

- Magistral lessons (30 hours): teacher presentations, video films, discussions, etc.

- Practices/workshop (15 hours): individual and/or team tasks, texts analysis and discussions, papers revision, organization and development of practices, forum, searching information.

This course uses a research-based learning methodology: introduction, method, results, discussion and educational implications. The use of AI tools is not allowed.

This subject comprises three content areas covering 13 topics (please refer to the ‘Course Content’ section). Assessment will consist of two written assessments (60%), a group presentation (30%) and a self-assessment (10%).

An individual test (50%) will be held once all core content has been covered (in January) and another (10%) on reflection (resilience) in mid-December. There will be a group presentation on conceptualisation and methodology (30%) and a self-assessment exercise (10%). The assessment schedule will be specified in the timetable and course plan to be uploaded to the virtual campus. For the 2026/27 academic year, the dates for each of the assessment activities are:

GROUP 1 (Pedagogy): conceptualisation/methodology practical (30%) (between October and December according to the timetable agreed in class), the reflection-resilience test (10%) in mid-December, the concept test (50%) on 12 January and the self-assessment exercise (10%) on 12 January.

GROUP 2 (Social Education): conceptualisation/methodology assignment (30%) (between October and December according to the timetable agreed in class), the reflection-resilience test (10%) in mid-December, the concept test (50%) on 13 January and the self-assessment exercise (10%) on 13 January.

Attendance at seminar sessions is compulsory. However, absences may be taken into account provided prior notice has been given to the course lecturer.

The final mark will be the sum of the various assessments. If a student fails to achieve the minimum mark of five (5) points, they will be required to sit the scheduled resit assessment (26 January for Group 1 and 27 January for Group 2). In this case, an overall assessment of the student’s entire work will be carried out. In the resit, the individual tests may be taken again (a total of 6 marks), whilst the marks for the conceptualisation-methodology presentation (30%) and the self-assessment (10%) will be retained. The final result will be a pass (5 marks) or a fail.

Plagiarism will result in expulsion from the course. In subsequent enrolments, the assessment may consist of a single synthesis test designed to demonstrate the achievement of the intended learning outcomes. Students who do not sit any of the assessments during the course, nor the resit, will receive a ‘not assessable’ mark. However, once one of the assessments has been taken, the student is considered to have enrolled in the course and must therefore sit the remaining assessments; this is compulsory.

The results of each assessment will be communicated within fifteen days of it being held, and a date for marking will be provided. Resit assessments will be marked and results published immediately.

Any specific cases, queries, suggestions, etc., should be raised with the course lecturer.

All this information, and any additional details as required, will be published at the start of the course on the course’s virtual campus, which will be used as a communication tool.

* To pass this course, students must demonstrate good general communicative competence, both oral and written, and a good command of the language or languages of instruction listed in the course guide.

SINGLE ASSESSMENT (11am–1pm) – GROUP 1 (12 January) GROUP 2 (13 January)

This will consist of an ASSESSMENT comprising: a conceptualisation and methodology task (3 points) + 35 fill-in-the-blank questions (7 points).

In the event of a RE-ASSESSMENT, the dates are the same as those for the class group (26 January for Group 1 and 27 January for Group 2).